Day 17 of 31 days of pinterest

I feel like I hit the mother load when a pin sent me to this blog Great collection of items to make and save funds. I will tell you first hand after buying some dollar tree brand playdoh a few weeks back and how sticky and completely awful it was that I will stick to homemade from now on.

Not only did it stick like crazy it smelled like a dying sea creature that had been rotting in the sun for several days!

We made some at the start of the school year that I got off the back of Annie's Organic cereal and it was fantastic! SO glad I took a pic of the back of the box because we turned the box into something else and I didn't save the recipe.

and if you can't read that it's
1c flour
1/2c salt
1c water
1tbs vegetable oil
1 1/2 tsp cream of tarter

mix in a saucepan over low heat (it does not have to heat for long) the dough is ready when it rolls into a ball at this point you can add food coloring. I made a triple batch. It lasted a good long while but I tossed it after about 3 months thinking it would get funky soon lol.

day 15 of 31 days of pinterest

Funny how all of our summer plans changed in the blink of an eye. I was not planning on a summer of a little one who couldn't get wet and would be in a wheelchair 8-10 weeks. I had to cut the summer bucket list nearly in half if not more. So a mom on a mission I have become looking for activities that don't involve getting wet or standing up. Thank goodness for pinterest is all I can say. I have found a few things and pinned them but this idea here really stood out. Most of these ideas can be suited to her current needs and provide entertainment (AND educational shhhh don't tell the kids). I just love how this blogger went into great detail about how she set this all up and includes a printable list and such. While we might not be able to do all these I am quite certain with pinterest on my side I will find even more to add to it.

Day 2 of 31 days of Pinterest

One thing I super love about Pinterest is the huge homeschool presence. I have found so many ideas i never would of thought of myself. My homeschoolers are PreSchool, 1st grade, 4th grade and 8th graders. Being so spaced out their is little things we do as a group so I'm always looking for fun activies to keep the others busy while I am working with another child. Most of all I have to keep the 3 year old happy and out of our hair. Busy bags are a Godsend. So many good Ideas out their too and big huge bonus if I dont have to buy something for a project. I came across this and I was stoaked.

A matching game with milk caps! You could use numbers, letters, shapes, colors or even stickers! and here is the link to the site where this orginates from.

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